All these forces
are in a very emphatic sense marking time. They will continue to mark
time until the medical profession recognizes the fact that the ever
increasing tide of the unfit is overwhelming all that these agencies
are doing for society. They will continue to mark time until they get
at the source of these destructive conditions and apply a fundamental
remedy. That remedy is birth control.
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[Footnote: Amsterdam [Malthusian (Birth Control) League started 1881;
Dr. Aletta Jacobs gave advice to poor women, 1885]:
1881-85 1906-10 1912
Birth rate......... 37.1 27.7 23.3 per 1,000 of population
Death rate......... 25.1 13.1 11.2 per 1,000 of population
INFANTILE MORTALITY:
Deaths in first
year................ 203 90 64 per thousand living births
The Hague [now headquarters of the Neo-Malthusian (Birth Control) League]:
1881-85 1906-10 1912
Birth rate........... 38.7 27.5 23.6 per 1,000 of population
Death rate........... 23.3 13.2 10.9 per 1,000 of population
INFANTILE MORTALITY:
Deaths in first
year.
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